, known as P. acnes, and disease is just emerging, Lambert said. More studies are needed to confirm it is indeed the culprit, he said. Lambert spoke about the link Jan. 12 at the Society for Applied Microbiology Winter Meeting, in London.
Propionibacterium acnes, or P. acnes, live in hair follicles — the tiny pores in our skin from which hairs sprout. When these pores become blocked, the bacteria can multiply and contribute to the inflammation we call acne.
But the bacteria can also cause inflammation inside our tissues, leading to tissue damage, Lambert said.
Typically, when P. acnes shows up in an infection within the body, most physicians assume it's just a contaminant — that it was transferred from the skin to the inside of the body, perhaps during a medical procedure, but was not actually causing a disease.
"We're recognizing more recently that, in fact, there are distinct clinical syndromes that are associated with infections with P. acnes as an actual pathogen and not simply a contaminant," said Christopher Vinnard, an infectious-disease researcher at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
For example, some studies, including a case report published by Vinnard and his colleagues, have linked the bacteria to the formation of brain abscesses after neurosurgery.
In Vinnard's report, a patient developed a brain abscess 10 years after surgery. Biopsies from the abscess showed only one type of bacteria present: P. acnes.
While it's difficult to say whether P. acnes caused the abscess, one clue was that the patient's condition improved once he was given antibiotics against the bacteria, Vinnard said.
Vinnard and his colleagues almost missed the bug altogether. The bacteria take a long time to grow, and the researchers were about to throw out the culture plates when P. acnes finally reared its head.
Infections with P. acnes may be under-recognized, Vinnard said, because after doing a biopsy, researchers may get rid of their cultures before these bacteria have a chance to grow, or because researchers use the wrong culture media.
A number of studies have also found P. acnes growing on implanted medical devices, including artificial knee, hip and elbow joints, Lambert said. About 750,000 of these artificial joints are placed into patients each year in the United States, and in about 1 percent of cases, patients develop an infection, he said.
One study, published in 1998, found that about 70 percent of artificial joints have P. acnes growing on them, Lambert said.
"It certainly should be on the list of organisms when a physician is thinking of the potential cause of these particular kinds" of cases, Vinnard said.
Several recent studies suggest the bug may increase the risk of prostate cancer. The bacteria have been found growing inside cells of the prostate gland, Lambert said. It is thought this growth may prompt inflammation inside the cells, which in turn might spur the cells to become cancerous.
One study, published this month in the International Journal of Medical Microbiology, found the bacteria growing in 58 out of 71 samples of prostate cancer tissue, but in none of the 20 samples of healthy prostate tissue. Exposure to P. acnes for long periods altered the way the cells divided , the researchers said.
However, much more research is needed to confirm the cancer link, Lambert said.
The good news is that if P. acnes does contribute to infections or even cancer, treatment with antibiotics may help reduce the severity of these conditions, Lambert said.
Pass it on: The bacteria that contribute to acne can cause other infections and may even be linked to cancer.


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This is a very basic version. Most of the versions you will hear are much more complex.
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module RegAlloc.Graph.SpillCost (
        SpillCostRecord,
        plusSpillCostRecord,
        pprSpillCostRecord,

        SpillCostInfo,
        zeroSpillCostInfo,
        plusSpillCostInfo,

        slurpSpillCostInfo,
        chooseSpill,

        lifeMapFromSpillCostInfo
) where
import RegAlloc.Liveness
import Instruction
import RegClass
import Reg

import GraphBase

import BlockId
import Cmm
import UniqFM
import UniqSet
import Digraph          (flattenSCCs)
import Outputable
import Platform
import State

import Data.List        (nub, minimumBy)
import Data.Maybe

-- | Records the expected cost to spill some regster.
type SpillCostRecord
 =      ( VirtualReg    -- register name
        , Int           -- number of writes to this reg
        , Int           -- number of reads from this reg
        , Int)          -- number of instrs this reg was live on entry to

-- | Map of `SpillCostRecord`
type SpillCostInfo
        = UniqFM SpillCostRecord

-- | An empty map of spill costs.
zeroSpillCostInfo :: SpillCostInfo
zeroSpillCostInfo       = emptyUFM

-- | Add two spill cost infos.
plusSpillCostInfo :: SpillCostInfo -> SpillCostInfo -> SpillCostInfo
plusSpillCostInfo sc1 sc2
        = plusUFM_C plusSpillCostRecord sc1 sc2

-- | Add two spill cost records.
plusSpillCostRecord :: SpillCostRecord -> SpillCostRecord -> SpillCostRecord
plusSpillCostRecord (r1, a1, b1, c1) (r2, a2, b2, c2)
        | r1 == r2      = (r1, a1 + a2, b1 + b2, c1 + c2)
        | otherwise     = error "RegSpillCost.plusRegInt: regs don't match"

-- | Slurp out information used for determining spill costs.
--
--   For each vreg, the number of times it was written to, read from,
--   and the number of instructions it was live on entry to (lifetime)
--
slurpSpillCostInfo :: (Outputable instr, Instruction instr)
                   => Platform
                   -> LiveCmmDecl statics instr
                   -> SpillCostInfo

slurpSpillCostInfo platform cmm
        = execState (countCmm cmm) zeroSpillCostInfo
 where
        countCmm CmmData{}              = return ()
        countCmm (CmmProc info _ _ sccs)
                = mapM_ (countBlock info)
                $ flattenSCCs sccs

        -- Lookup the regs that are live on entry to this block in
        --      the info table from the CmmProc.
        countBlock info (BasicBlock blockId instrs)
                | LiveInfo _ _ (Just blockLive) _ <- info
                , Just rsLiveEntry  <- mapLookup blockId blockLive
                , rsLiveEntry_virt  <- takeVirtuals rsLiveEntry
                = countLIs rsLiveEntry_virt instrs

                | otherwise
                = error "RegAlloc.SpillCost.slurpSpillCostInfo: bad block"

        countLIs _      []
                = return ()

        -- Skip over comment and delta pseudo instrs.
        countLIs rsLive (LiveInstr instr Nothing : lis)
                | isMetaInstr instr
                = countLIs rsLive lis

                | otherwise
                = pprPanic "RegSpillCost.slurpSpillCostInfo"
                $ text "no liveness information on instruction " <> ppr instr

        countLIs rsLiveEntry (LiveInstr instr (Just live) : lis)
         = do
                -- Increment the lifetime counts for regs live on entry to this instr.
                mapM_ incLifetime $ uniqSetToList rsLiveEntry

                -- Increment counts for what regs were read/written from.
                let (RU read written)   = regUsageOfInstr platform instr
                mapM_ incUses   $ catMaybes $ map takeVirtualReg $ nub read
                mapM_ incDefs   $ catMaybes $ map takeVirtualReg $ nub written

                -- Compute liveness for entry to next instruction.
                let liveDieRead_virt    = takeVirtuals (liveDieRead  live)
                let liveDieWrite_virt   = takeVirtuals (liveDieWrite live)
                let liveBorn_virt       = takeVirtuals (liveBorn     live)

                let rsLiveAcross
                        = rsLiveEntry `minusUniqSet` liveDieRead_virt

                let rsLiveNext
                        = (rsLiveAcross `unionUniqSets` liveBorn_virt)
                                        `minusUniqSet`  liveDieWrite_virt

                countLIs rsLiveNext lis

        incDefs     reg = modify $ \s -> addToUFM_C plusSpillCostRecord s reg (reg, 1, 0, 0)
        incUses     reg = modify $ \s -> addToUFM_C plusSpillCostRecord s reg (reg, 0, 1, 0)
        incLifetime reg = modify $ \s -> addToUFM_C plusSpillCostRecord s reg (reg, 0, 0, 1)

-- | Take all the virtual registers from this set.
takeVirtuals :: UniqSet Reg -> UniqSet VirtualReg
takeVirtuals set
        = mapUniqSet get_virtual
        $ filterUniqSet isVirtualReg set
        where
                get_virtual (RegVirtual vr) = vr
                get_virtual _ = panic "getVirt"

-- | Choose a node to spill from this graph
chooseSpill
        :: SpillCostInfo
        -> Graph VirtualReg RegClass RealReg
        -> VirtualReg

chooseSpill info graph
 = let  cost    = spillCost_length info graph
        node    = minimumBy (\n1 n2 -> compare (cost $ nodeId n1) (cost $ nodeId n2))
                $ eltsUFM $ graphMap graph

   in   nodeId node

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- | Chaitins spill cost function is:
--
--   cost =     sum         loadCost * freq (u)  +    sum        storeCost * freq (d)
--          u <- uses (v)                         d <- defs (v)
--
--   There are no loops in our code at the momemnt, so we can set the freq's to 1.
--
--  If we don't have live range splitting then Chaitins function performs badly
--  if we have lots of nested live ranges and very few registers.
--
--               v1 v2 v3
--      def v1   .
--      use v1   .
--      def v2   .  .
--      def v3   .  .  .
--      use v1   .  .  .
--      use v3   .  .  .
--      use v2   .  .
--      use v1   .
--
--           defs uses degree   cost
--      v1:  1     3     3      1.5
--      v2:  1     2     3      1.0
--      v3:  1     1     3      0.666
--
--   v3 has the lowest cost, but if we only have 2 hardregs and we insert
--   spill code for v3 then this isn't going to improve the colorability of
--   the graph.
--
--  When compiling SHA1, which as very long basic blocks and some vregs
--  with very long live ranges the allocator seems to try and spill from
--  the inside out and eventually run out of stack slots.
--
--  Without live range splitting, its's better to spill from the outside
--  in so set the cost of very long live ranges to zero
--
{-
spillCost_chaitin
        :: SpillCostInfo
        -> Graph Reg RegClass Reg
        -> Reg
        -> Float

spillCost_chaitin info graph reg
        -- Spilling a live range that only lives for 1 instruction
        -- isn't going to help us at all - and we definitely want to avoid
        -- trying to re-spill previously inserted spill code.
        | lifetime <= 1         = 1/0

        -- It's unlikely that we'll find a reg for a live range this long
        -- better to spill it straight up and not risk trying to keep it around
        -- and have to go through the build/color cycle again.
        | lifetime > allocatableRegsInClass (regClass reg) * 10
        = 0

        -- Otherwise revert to chaitin's regular cost function.
        | otherwise     = fromIntegral (uses + defs)
                        / fromIntegral (nodeDegree graph reg)
        where (_, defs, uses, lifetime)
                = fromMaybe (reg, 0, 0, 0) $ lookupUFM info reg
-}

-- Just spill the longest live range.
spillCost_length
        :: SpillCostInfo
        -> Graph VirtualReg RegClass RealReg
        -> VirtualReg
        -> Float

spillCost_length info _ reg
        | lifetime <= 1         = 1/0
        | otherwise             = 1 / fromIntegral lifetime
        where (_, _, _, lifetime)
                = fromMaybe (reg, 0, 0, 0)
                $ lookupUFM info reg

-- | Extract a map of register lifetimes from a `SpillCostInfo`.
lifeMapFromSpillCostInfo :: SpillCostInfo -> UniqFM (VirtualReg, Int)
lifeMapFromSpillCostInfo info
        = listToUFM
        $ map (\(r, _, _, life) -> (r, (r, life)))
        $ eltsUFM info

-- | Determine the degree (number of neighbors) of this node which
--   have the same class.
nodeDegree
        :: (VirtualReg -> RegClass)
        -> Graph VirtualReg RegClass RealReg
        -> VirtualReg
        -> Int

nodeDegree classOfVirtualReg graph reg
        | Just node     <- lookupUFM (graphMap graph) reg

        , virtConflicts
           <- length
           $ filter (\r -> classOfVirtualReg r == classOfVirtualReg reg)
           $ uniqSetToList
           $ nodeConflicts node

        = virtConflicts + sizeUniqSet (nodeExclusions node)

        | otherwise
        = 0

-- | Show a spill cost record, including the degree from the graph
--   and final calulated spill cost.
pprSpillCostRecord
        :: (VirtualReg -> RegClass)
        -> (Reg -> SDoc)
        -> Graph VirtualReg RegClass RealReg
        -> SpillCostRecord
        -> SDoc

pprSpillCostRecord regClass pprReg graph (reg, uses, defs, life)
        =  hsep
        [ pprReg (RegVirtual reg)
        , ppr uses
        , ppr defs
        , ppr life
        , ppr $ nodeDegree regClass graph reg
        , text $ show $ (fromIntegral (uses + defs)
                       / fromIntegral (nodeDegree regClass graph reg) :: Float) ]

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text:
James Brother of the Lord, Porky Pies and Problems for the Historical Jesus Hypothesis
A good reason to accept the theory of evolution is that it predicts what we will find in the fossil record and its predictions have not yet failed. No one has found a rabbit fossil in pre-Cambrian rocks.
If James had been a sibling of Jesus and a leader in the Jerusalem church (along with Peter and John), then we can expect to find certain indicators of this in certain kinds of evidence. If our reasonable expectations (predictions) fail, then we have an obligation to reconsider our earlier conclusions that led to our expectations.
Dr James McGrath demonstrates an unfortunate oversight of this fundamental principle (and also shows a taste for porky pies) when he writes:
It is entertaining to watch mythicists, who claim to be guided by the principle that the epistles are earlier and more reliable, while the later Gospels essentially turned a mythical Christ into a historical figure, jettison that supposed principle whenever it becomes inconvenient. When evidence of a historical Jesus is highlighted in the epistles, they will appeal to Acts, or epistles likely to be later forgeries, in an attempt to avoid the clear meaning of Paul's reference to James as Jesus' brother.
Mainstream historical scholarship can be discussed in terms of whether it's conclusions are justified upon the basis of its methods. Or one can discuss whether the methods themselves are valid. In the case of mythicism, neither is possible, because it has no consistent methods and no conclusions, just foreordained outcomes and the use of any tools selectively that will allow one to reach them.
Or to put it simpler still, why do you trust Acts to indicate what Paul meant by "James" yet reject it when it comes to what Paul meant by "Jesus"?
Firstly, James McGrath knows very well that Earl Doherty at no point based his interpretation of Galatians 1:19 on the evidence of later epistles or Acts. Some readers might even be excused for suspecting McGrath is being a bald-faced friar, so he might like to write a clarification of this comment to dispel any suggestion that he is telling an outright porky about Doherty's argument. read more »
Tags Biblical Scholarship, Brother of the Lord, Christ Myth Debate: Doherty, Doherty: Jesus Neither God Nor Man, Earl Doherty, Epistles, Exchanges with McGrath, Galatians, James the Just | Comment (0)
Explaining (the Gospel) Myths
There can be little doubt that when we read the Gospels and the books of Revelation and Acts we encounter many stories that sound remarkably like myths. Prison doors opening by themselves to release heroes, dragons descending from heavens to pursue comely women upon earth, finding coins in caught fish, raising the dead and walking on water. Anyone (except fundamentalist apologists) will be prepared to admit that biblical stories like these really have originated from mythical imaginations and wider literary influences.
The question remains open, however, whether such mythical stories originated as attempts to interpret or convey the great significance and meaning of a historical subject (Jesus), or if they are in themselves attempts to create from scratch a mythical narrative persona (Jesus).
I think it is reasonable to argue the latter is the case if, after removing all the layers of the mythical, there is nothing left over to be called historical. (Contrast ancient Macedonian and Roman rulers with whom myths were associated. Peel away the myths and there is still plenty of historical person left there to study.)
But when it comes to Jesus, that argument does not explain the source of the mythical narratives in the first place. Philippe Wajdenbaum wrote a chapter for Anthropology and the Bible, edited by Emanual Pfoh (2010), that argues for a structural analysis of myths according to the research of "the father of modern anthropology", Claude Lévi-Strauss.
If we embrace Lévi-Strauss's view of myths, then the myths of early Christianity can only be understood and explained as mutations of similar myths in other cultures, and also in earlier Jewish culture. They are not unique. Their constitutional ties with other myths are integral to understanding them. read more »
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text:
type CreateTypesType = {
  [action: string]: string;
};

/**
 * Creates an object in which the `keys` represent the action names and the
 * `values` represent the action type.
 * {
 *   action: actionType,
 *   ...
 * }
 * @param {array} types Names of the actions.
 * @param {string} ns Name of the namespace.
 * @returns {object} Object with action types.
 */
export function createTypes(types: string[], ns: string): CreateTypesType {
  return types.reduce(
    (types, action: string) => ({
      ...types,
      [action]: `${ns}.${action}`
    }),
    {}
  );
}

/**
 * Creates an array with action names.
 * - original
 * - complete
 * - error
 * @param {string} action The name of the action.
 * @returns {array} Names of action names.
 */
export const createAsyncTypes = (action: string): string[] => [
  `${action}`,
  `${action}Complete`,
  `${action}Error`
];


text:
Q: Execute a function after an ES6 Proxy has completed its sequence of 'gets'? I have an ES6 Proxy which contains other deeply nested Proxies (generated in the get trap of the root proxy). All of them use the same trap handler.
When I try to get the value of a deeply nested object in this collection, the getter is called for every deeply nested object encountered. It is imperative that a record of this so-called 'path' through the object is known after the sequence of gets is complete. For example, calling:
console.log(proxy.shallow.deep);

is a 'chain' of two get operations, on shallow and deep in sequence, both of which are pushed to an array acting as a breadcrumb trail of properties accessed in the chain, like:
console.log(path); // ['shallow', 'deep']

There's a problem with this, though. In any sequence of gets, it's not possible to know what the final get in the chain is - every get to the proxy is treated as an atomic action so there is no intrinsic notion of what property is the last to be called. This means in subsequent 'get chains', the path array already has values associated with it. I've written some code below to illustrate the structure of my proxy and the problem I'm encountering:
let nestedObject = { shallow: { deep: 0 }};
let path = [];
let proxy = new Proxy(nestedObject, {
    get(target, prop) {
        path.push(prop);
        let out = target[prop];
        // this ensures each get to the proxy (whenever the value at property
        // is an object), returns that object as a new proxy,
        // else return the value of the property
        // this means the get/set traps are called for each deeply nested object
        return typeof out === 'object' ? new Proxy(out, this) : out;
    },
    set(target, prop, val) {
        path.push(prop);
        target[prop] = val;
        path.length = 0;
    }
});

// getting these two pushes both properties to the path array
// but there's no way of knowing that the get to 'deep' was the final
// get in the chain - therefore it cannot be reset for the next get chain
proxy.shallow.deep;
// path: ['shallow', 'deep']
console.log(path);

// because of this, I can't figure out how the code should know that the path
// array must be reset - so subsequent gets just add more values to the path array,
// and there are erroneous elements in the array when the next chain starts
proxy.shallow.deep
// path: ['shallow', 'deep', 'shallow', 'deep']
console.log(path);

// setting a value is fine however, since a set action will always be the last action
// it pushes 'shallow' to the array in the getter and 'deep' in setter.
// The setter can then clear the path array.
proxy.shallow.deep = 1;
// path: []
console.log(path);

So what I'm wondering is: Is it possible to know what the last 'get' is in the chain somehow, and/or if there's a way to perhaps call a function whenever a chain of gets has completed?
Thanks for the help!

A: I think I've found a reasonable solution for me and it involves very few changes to the code. It involves attaching a path variable to each successive trap handler, the value of which is the accumulated values of each previous handler's path value. Like so:
let nestedObject = { shallow: { deep: {deepest: 0 }}};
let path = [];
let proxy = new Proxy(nestedObject, {
    get(target, prop) {
        let out = target[prop];
        // make a copy of this handler for the nested proxy to use
        let copy = Object.assign({}, this);
        // if this handler contains no path variable, add it
        // otherwise concatenate it with the previous handler's path
        !this.path ?
            Object.assign(copy, {path: [prop]}) :
            Object.assign(copy, {path: this.path.concat(prop)});
        path = copy.path;
        return typeof out === 'object' ?
            new Proxy(out, copy) :
            out;
    },
    set(target, prop, val) {
        path = this.path.concat(prop);
        target[prop] = val;
    }
});

proxy.shallow;
console.log(path); // ['shallow']
proxy.shallow.deep;
console.log(path); // ['shallow', 'deep']
proxy.shallow.deep.deepest;
console.log(path); // ['shallow', 'deep', 'deepest']
proxy.shallow.deep.deepest = 1;
console.log(path); // ['shallow', 'deep', 'deepest']

I'm not sure if this is the optimum solution, but it works. Though I'd still love to see any alternative ways of implementing this.
Thanks for the help guys.

A: I found this solution to be quite interesting and simple, it uses recursion to accumulate a path.
function path(acc = () => []) {
  return new Proxy(
    acc,
    {
      get(target, prop) {
        return path(() => [...acc(), prop])
      },
    },
  )
}

const config = path()

config.path.to.prop()
// ['path', 'to', 'prop']

config.path.to.another.prop()
// ['path', 'to', 'another', 'prop']

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Pontiac Vibe Wagon Car Reviews
by writer: Kirill Ougarov November 08, 2007
As the Toyota Matrix goes, so goes the Pontiac Vibe. Produced at the joint-venture plant between GM and Toyota known as NUMMI in Fremont, California, since 2002, the Matrix and Vibe are entering their second-generation runs as 2009 models. Now known as the Corolla Matrix, the new Toyota recently made its world debut at SEMA. The Vibe's time to shine comes next week at the Los Angeles auto show.
For 2009, the AWD and GT trim levels have returned to the Vibe lineup, which, due in part to slowing sales, had shrunk from three trim levels to one toward the end of its first-generation run.
Though the new Vibe continues to share much with the Toyota Matrix, especially under the skin, the exterior differences seem more pronounced than they were with the first-generation models. The Vibe's front end, highlighted by a recessed silver-bordered black grille similar to that of the Pontiac G8 and the "autocross" grille available on the defunct GTO, is more crisply styled. The Vibe's rearend is better executed and far less busy looking as well. The taillights are flush with the tailgate, the rear window is smaller and doesn't extend into the support pillars, and the license plate has been moved down into the bumper.
On the inside, the Vibe's driver-oriented interior is nearly identical to that of the Matrix, with a number of cues taken from the Pontiac Solstice (if those vents look familiar, it's because they're the same ones found in the aforementioned roadster). While they're at it, GM should've borrowed the Solstice's steering wheel as well. The Matrix XRS's wheel works well with Toyota's oval logo, but the Pontiac arrowhead looks misplaced in addition to being too narrow for the wide swath of plastic that forms the centerpiece of the Vibe GT's three-spoke steering wheel.
The leather-trimmed knit-fabric seats look stylish and far from cheap, although we'll have to sit in them before we reach a final judgment. Given the absence of interior photos of the base and AWD Vibes, the jury's still out on those. Interior features are respectable -- the steering column tilts and telescopes, a 115-volt auxiliary outlet is standard, as is an auxiliary audio input jack. A seven-speaker, MP3-capable 320-watt Monsoon audio system is featured on the GT and is available as part of a package on the Vibe AWD, which otherwise gets the base model's four-speaker unit. Side-curtain airbags and side-impact airbags are standard, as are active head-rests and five passenger three-point seatbelts.
In the engine bay, the Vibe is identical to the Matrix. Two Toyota-sourced four-bangers are available. The smaller 1.8-liter four in the base model is available with a four-speed auto or five-speed manual that puts out 132 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of torque while achieving 26 mpg city and 32 mpg highway when equipped with the five-speed manual (economy drops by one mpg in automatic models).
The bigger 2.4-liter engine -- standard on AWD and GT models, optional for the base model -- is rated at 158 horsepower and 162 pound-feet of torque. The added power comes with a fairly steep cost in fuel economy, which drops to 21 mpg city and 29 mpg highway (automatic models also take an additional one mpg hit to their highway economy) in base and GT models. The AWD model, available only with a four-speed auto, achieves just 20-mpg city and 26-mpg highway -- only marginally better than most V-6 engines on the market today.
In addition to the smaller engine, the base model also gets shortchanged in the rear-suspension department, where it receives a simple and inexpensive beam axle instead of the multilink independent setup of the AWD and GT, though all three trims come standard with four-wheel disc brakes and ABS. The front suspension on the Vibe is a MacPherson strut setup. Other inter-trim differences include a standard roof rack on AWD models, sportier trim on the GT that includes a redesigned lower fascia with larger foglamps, a rear roof spoiler, and 18-inch wheels fitted with performance all-season rubber. The other two trim levels ride on 16-inch wheels and can be upgraded to 17-inchers.
The 2009 Pontiac Vibe is set to hit dealerships in early 2008, with pricing to be announced closer to launch.
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I'd like to tell you that I broke my foot. Because "injured" or "stubbed" or "a bruised big toe" does not really convey the depth of the situation, and if I were to use those few words, while also disclosing the fact that I've been bed ridden since the incident on Saturday, completely unable to care for my kids, you would think me a proper and total baby without any credibility in the pain department.
But, before we being this story, let me lay down my pain credentials: two unmedicated childbirths, one of which was pitocin induced and lasted 23 hours. So. But, that's not the point. What I'm really saying is, I smashed my foot this weekend and in so doing, all my complicated ambivalent feelings about living in China came bubbling to the surface.
I was puttering around in the kitchen, trying to bring some order to the pantry closet, when I dropped a heavy glass storage jar from the top shelf of the pantry directly onto my right big toe. I registered what happened, but the pain didn't hit me until a few beats later. I screamed and swore, and cried like a child, uncountable, sobbing, and snot-streamed, for a good half hour.
I initially thought it was broken, as I've broken that toe before. And knowing how there's very little to be done for a broken toe, I decided to just ice it and keep it elevated. But the pain got worse, and I thought I should check it out. So, the next day, I hobbled out to find a taxi to get to the nearest Western hospital.
The taxi driver was gruff, and chastised me for not being quick enough getting in, and didn't want to take me directly to the hospital entrance. The receptionists at the hospital saw me struggling with the door and sat passive at their desk.
As I was making my way up the stairs to the hospital entrance, I started tearing up and thinking about Indonesia. It's not that medical care in Indonesia is better; in fact, it's demonstratively worse. I'd much rather be sick in China than in Indonesia. But heart care, spirit care, soul care, human care is better in Indonesia. Far better.
I thought about how, in Indonesia, people are so free and willing in their giving of care. A taxi driver will pull over, get out of his car, and help you load your groceries. He'll hold your kids so you can get organised. A random stranger will stop and, seeing you struggle, offer assistance. A security guard will rush out in the rain, unprompted, to hail a taxi. People will notice you limping, and ask if you're okay. No one rushes you. No one is gruff. Smiles are freely given and accepted with gratitude.
Contrast that to China, where people shove past you, point at and ogle your kids, even push you out of the way as you're struggling to get a stroller and two children down the subway stairs. A simple disagreement will turn to a shouting match in seconds. And regular, every day conversation can often sound like a quarrel.
I limped up the steps to the hospital, crying from the pain, and from homesickness, and probably from a touch of culture shock. I saw a doctor, who didn't do much to treat me, and then wouldn't even prescribe Tylenol.
I'm worried that this sounds a bit Western-centric, a bit neocolonial, a bit winey, a bit "expat wife-y". And probably it is. It's hard to say, "I miss Indonesia because the people were really nice to me there" without it sounding like I miss being fawned over and being taken care of. It's not the physical acts of care that I miss; not the deference, not the deeply engrained class structure that informs the culture of servitude. Because frankly, that bothered me.
What I really miss is the genuine human kindness that was just part of the daily rhythm. I miss people seeing me, seeing that I'm a human with a needy heart just like theirs. I miss seeing that in others, too. Indonesia is soft. Indonesia is heart. And sprit. And soul.
China is hard. But there is a kindness here, sometimes. It's just expressed differently.
The other day on the subway, a woman grabbed at my elbow, insistent and brusque. I wondered what she wanted, and why she was so cross. And then I noticed that she was directing me to an empty seat. She had noticed that I was carrying Hugo, and I could use a place to sit down.
So there. There is softness. There is kindness and care for strangers. But it's not not the surface, and it's not expressed in a way with which I'm familiar.
Now, five days later, at least my foot is starting to feel a bit better. If you'd like to know the gory details (and this is a blog, I mean, isn't that why you're here??) I went to a different hospital, a different doctor, who confirmed my diagnosis of ineffective treatment from the first doctor, and actually agreed to offer treatment. Which turned out to be seriously medieval, requiring that he burn a hole through my toenail with a red-hot poker. And no pain medication.
It hurt like a mother. But it worked. And I can actually put a little pressure on my foot without feeling like I'm going to barf from pain. So! Progress.
Now, to work on that culture shock.


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The Humanities and Me:
Desmond Clarke
Isaac Newton wrote to a correspondent, in 1676, to compliment him on his scientific achievements in optics and to claim that he had made more progress in the same field himself. He added, with false modesty: 'If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.' The sciences have long acknowledged this indebtedness to earlier research. It applies equally to the humanities, in which we all stand on other shoulders, those of giants or otherwise.
The kind of 'standing' involved here is not inactive. Each generation must rethink the fundamental ideas on which our life in common depends. Here are two examples on which I've done some work recently.
During the seventeenth century, there were no schools in Europe for girls and, consequently, women were not allowed register in universities. Opponents of equality argued that women didn't need education because they did not exercise the offices for which education was required and, therefore, they could not be admitted to those offices because they lacked the required education! Nonetheless, a number of authors—some of them 'uneducated' women—challenged the status quo and argued that women are, and should therefore be treated as, exactly equal to men. Marie de Gournay published her book, The Equality of Men and Women in 1622; Anna Maria van Schurman published a defence of women's right to education in 1641 (and wrote it in Latin), and Poulain de la Barre published The Equality of the Sexes in 1673.[1]
The unanimous conclusion of all three was that the arguments of ancient authors against women's equality were prejudicial; that the biblical texts to which Christian churches appealed merely expressed the prevalent opinions of the periods in which their authors wrote (rather than something ordained by God); and that, in general, women were as capable as men of assuming any office—including all offices in churches and in public life.
One century earlier, political philosophers in France who belonged to the Reformed Church challenged the authority of kings, queens, or emperors to enforce their religious beliefs on their subjects. This required a fundamental challenge to the dominant theory at the time, namely that political authority comes directly from God. The alternative view—which we still endorse—is that political authority comes from the consent of the governed. François Hotman and Théodore Bèze are no longer household names, but they reconceptualised the nature and limits of political authority more than a century before the more well-known exponent of the same thesis, John Locke.
Similar stories are easily told about human rights, moral obligations, a right to public education (or even a right to water). The humanities provide concepts in terms of which to think reasonably about how to live in harmony with others is a multi-cultural, multi-religious modern society. But, just like the 'giants' on whose shoulders we now stand, we would not do them justice by simply repeating what they said. Each generation needs to think for itself, but our thinking is more likely to succeed if we study and understand how others have addressed similar questions in the past.
[1]The Equality of the Sexes: Three Feminsit Texts of the Seventeenth Century, trans. Desmond M. Clarke (Oxford University Press, 2013).
Desmond Clarke is Professor (emeritus) of Philosophy at University College Cork and is one of Ireland's most distinguished internationally recognised scholars. He was awarded the Royal Irish Academy Humanities Gold Medal in 2014.
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The fight scene sees Steel (aka John Henry Irons) both kicking butt and getting his butt kicked in return by the Eradicator, aka the human personification of a program designed to maintain the bloodline of Krypton.
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HIV Community Responds to New HHS 'Conscience and Religious Freedom Division'
Kenyon FarrowSenior Editor
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On Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of a new office, Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). According to the HHS website "The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division has been established to restore federal enforcement of our nation's laws that protect the fundamental and unalienable rights of conscience and religious freedom." The office is seen by many as an effort to give a legal cover for a provider or health care institution to deny treatment or care to any person based on religious or moral grounds, which can include LGBT people and people with HIV. Similarly, it's not just the kind of people, it's the kind of care that can be denied on similar grounds. Often, abortion and reproductive care are the most discussed. But what if a provider decided not to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or antiretroviral medication based on what they claimed were religious or moral reasons? This new office and its mission is one more way to undermine the HHS rules established under the Affordable Care Act to penalize providers and healthcare institutions from discriminating against patients -- particularly LGBT patients.
A growing outcry against this office and its agenda is happening from organizations that are comprised of and serve people living with HIV. The following is a roundup of responses from the HIV community about the potential impact of this new office.
From a joint statement by AIDS United, NASTAD, National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC, and The AIDS Institute:
To those of us who work to promote the health of LGBTQ people, those living with HIV, including people of color, and other marginalized communities, we recognize this as dog-whistle politics and an attempt at state-sanctioned discrimination.
The Trump administration is extending federal, legal cover to providers who can potentially deny medical care for transgender individuals, women, or same-sex couples, including the full range of reproductive health services and any other procedure an employee or licensed health facility may object to, on so-called "moral" grounds. The new division will invite health professionals to misinterpret and ignore current legal and medical standards, putting the health and safety of patients at risk.
... no one should be denied medical care because their doctor or provider objects to their sexual orientation, gender identity, or reproductive autonomy. LGBTQ and other minority and marginalized communities, especially those living with HIV, already face discrimination and significant barriers to accessing critical prevention and care services.
Related: Discrimination Against People With HIV Is Illegal. Here's What to Do if It Happens to You
From a joint statement by Project Inform and California HIV Alliance:
We join with the true moral majority in condemning today's establishment of the so-called Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services and its directive to allow healthcare workers to refuse to perform, accommodate, or assist with health-care services on religious or moral grounds.
This effectively eviscerates the very purpose of Department of Health and Human Services to protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services, especially for those least able to help themselves.
This is an attack on our civil rights, allowing one person's extreme religious beliefs to be forced upon people of all faiths and anyone who simply does not share them. That is not religious freedom; it is religious tyranny.
From a statement by Positive Women's Network - USA:
This is nothing more than dangerous doublespeak and transforms the OCR's mission from protecting the American people from discrimination to enabling and abetting it.
"Religious freedom" is no more than code for "license to discriminate" and dismantle dignity.
Positive Women's Network - USA condemns this shameful transformation of the very agency established to protect patients from discrimination into one that facilitates it and impedes care in the process. With their actions, the administration has cruelly placed women and LGBTQ communities in the crosshairs as targets for government-sanctioned denial of life-saving care. This is an outrage, and we will never stop fighting until health care is an undeniable, inalienable human right, recognized at all levels of government.
From a statement by HIV Medicine Association chair Melanie Thompson, M.D.:
While the examples given during the announcement of this regressive policy and approach to healthcare today focused on assisted suicide and abortion services, its impacts will go well beyond those examples, shifting the foundation for medical decisions ranging from basic preventive services to lifesaving care and treatment -- from sound, scientific practice to healthcare providers' personal beliefs.
Allowing healthcare providers including large institutions to discriminate in how and who they treat will harm individuals and will obstruct America's public health response to the HIV and STD epidemics. As medical providers, we emphasize that all health care providers have an ethical and professional obligation to provide all patients with humane and competent medical treatment and care. The legislative, judicial, and executive branches have an ethical and legal responsibility to ensure that this occurs, and we must hold them accountable when they fall short.
From a statement by Treatment Action Group:
The creation of a "Conscience and Religious Freedom" division of the Department of Health and Human Services elevates a false narrative that equates discrimination with the vague, ill-defined notion of "religious conscience" and has the potential to dramatically endanger the lives of the women and LGBTQ individuals it is meant to target.
Whereas the administration claims the new division will be limited in its scope -- defending health care providers with religious objections to medical abortion or assisted suicide -- it will go beyond further polarization of the personal health needs of women and the terminally ill. It borrows acrimonious terminology from state-level "religious freedom" initiatives to deny any number of services to transgender people and other members of the LGBTQ community. Such discrimination flies in the face of the foundational commitment by medical professionals to "do no harm."
May this latest attack on vulnerable communities lead all advocates for health equity in America to redouble our efforts in resisting all attempts by the Trump Administration and the GOP to worsen health disparities and sabotage healthcare access.
From a statement by the National Coalition for LGBT Health:
"HHS should be committed to giving LGBT people the access to health care that they need," said Michael Beyer, Advocacy Manager at the National Coalition for LGBT Health. "HHS should be enforcing civil rights laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination in federal government programs, instead of creating more barriers for LGBT people to access health care."
Many LGBT people already avoid seeking care because they fear discrimination. According to a 2017 poll conducted for National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 22 percent of transgender people say they have avoided doctors or health care out of concern that they would face discrimination. A 2017 survey from the Center for American Progress found that 41 percent of LGBTQ people in small towns and rural areas would find it very difficult or not possible to find alternative services if a hospital refused to serve them.
From a statement by Human Rights Campaign:
"LGBTQ people need the Department of Health and Human Services to enforce non-discrimination protections in federal health programs. The creation of an unnecessary new division that is likely to promote a license to discriminate diverts needed enforcement resources and encourages discrimination against LGBTQ people. " said Sarah Warbelow, HRC Legal Director. "Every American deserves access to quality health care, and that should not be determined by the personal opinions of individual medical providers or administrative staff."
HHS Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Roger Severino justified creation of the office based on a small number of complaints last year and over the past decade. The HHS announcement lacked any details about funding for the new division, including where existing programs will be cut to fund it.
From an analysis by Lambda Legal:
The work of this proposed new division defies the avoid-harm-to-others test in multiple ways. First, it is inconsistent with two core constitutional guarantees: (1) each of us is entitled to equal protection under law; and (2) our government must not elevate the religious wishes of some above the needs of others to be protected from harm, including the harms of discrimination. In addition, all federal agencies must comply with the federal statutes that protect LGBT people and others from discrimination, specifically including the Affordable Care Act. The new proposal also wrongfully elevates religious dogma above medical ethics rules that forbid health professionals from discriminating against patients based on gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, or other invidious grounds.
The "Conscience and Religious Freedom Division" to be created within HHS's Office of Civil Rights is explicitly intended to facilitate refusals of medically necessary health care in the name of religion. The potential consequences for patients will range from life-endangerment to harassment that deters accessing of care, which harms both individuals and public health. By elevating religious interests this way, the misguided new policy invites health professionals to disregard both governing law and medical standards, not only threatening patients' health but also risking their own legal liability.
Lambda Legal is prepared to act on behalf of patients wrongfully denied medical care or otherwise mistreated as a result of this improper elevation of religious interests. Anyone who experiences harassment, denial of service, or other discrimination in health care services on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, or HIV status is encouraged to contact Lambda Legal by visiting www.lambdalegal.org/healthcarehelp or calling toll-free at 866-542-8336.
From AIDS Project Rhode Island:
We stand with our colleagues across the country who condemn the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' establishment of the unnecessary "Conscience and Religious Freedom" division. The HIV Medicine Association published a fantastic statement here: https://t.co/vAVavHnnGn.
— AIDS Project RI (@aidsprojectri) January 19, 2018
From the Natonal LGBTQ Task Force:
The National LGBTQ Task Force isn't fooled: HHS's new Division on Conscience and Religious Freedom is about legalizing discrimination https://t.co/APxIaF7DzM NO #RxforDiscrimination
— The Task Force (@TheTaskForce) January 18, 2018
From PFLAG:
Watch the HHS livestream, as they announce the creation of a so-called division of "conscience and religious freedom." If you are treating people unequally, unfairly, and in a manner in which they might die? YOU. HAVE. NO. CONSCIENCE. #ThursdayThoughts https://t.co/pNoPHsAKnq
— PFLAG National (@PFLAG) January 18, 2018
From Lambda Legal CEO Rachel B. Tiven:
It shocks the conscience that our government would invite healthcare providers to discriminate against their patients, but this is exactly what HHS's new rule does. https://t.co/2devf71Ujy
— Rachel B. Tiven (@rachelbtiven) January 18, 2018
Ken Stockwell is associate editor and senior web producer at TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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The present study is the outcome of a joint research project by staff members of the Banque de France and the Deutsche Bundesbank. The study is based on preliminary work by the European Committee of Central Balance Sheet Data Offices, which was set up in 1985 to improve the analysis of corporate accounts data through the exchange of information, the comparison of analytical methods, and the carrying-out of joint studies. As part of the work of the European Committee of Central Balance Sheet Offices, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Italy and the DG II set up a working group in 1994 with the task of comparing the financial situation of European enterprises. In 1997 the working group presented an initial study entitled Net Equity and Corporate Financing in Europe, (Delbreil et al., 1997, available on SSRN) which was especially devoted to intermediate economies in which the capital markets play a much smaller role than in Anglo-Saxon countries.
The empirical basis of the present study was provided by individual data from the raw material of the national corporate balance sheet statistics. Considerable efforts were made to ensure the comparability of the data and, in particular, to neutralize the differences in accounting practice as far as possible. The time period under review in the study is concentrated on the period 1987 to 1995 and 1996, respectively (only the Banque de France provides figures for 1996), in order to completely cover the last business cycle, which occurred relatively synchronously in both countries.
Corporate finance is analysed from the point of view of organizational theory and the theory of conventions, an approach which is not very well known in Germany but quite popular in France, and which puts special emphasis on the institutional determinants of corporate finance. The differences in the systems of corporate finance in France and Germany can be traced to a large extent to the institutional context in the two countries. This defines particular rules and conditions under which enterprises decide on their strategy to solve the capital structure puzzle and which tend to differ greatly and systematically in the two countries. A very prominent factor is to be seen, for example, in the relationship between banks and companies.
The results of the descriptive approach clearly show that the capital structures of firms largely diverge, as the different sources of corporate finance tend to play very distinct roles in the industrial sectors of the two countries, thus indicating that the respective systems of corporate finance seem to differ distinctly and systematically.
Underlying the full samples, panel econometric analysis shows that French and German firms exhibit in some way a surprisingly parallel behaviour. In the baseline model assuming exogeneity of the right-hand-side variables long-term growth and collateral are positively correlated to debt supporting the theory of signalling. The negative relationship of profit and leverage stands for the pecking order approach and finally the impact of the cost of finance on enterprisess credit demand is negative, too. Nevertheless clear differences in borrowing behaviour can be found with respect to the determinants size and time. Time proxying macroeconomic factors are very important for France, but not for Germany. On the other hand the variable size plays a major role for total creditors in Germany only, where small firms depend much more on external funds than large enterprises. Such a divergent lending outcome between French and German firms may be based on the country-specific institutional settings. However, dependency of some results on the econometric specification and the variables definition underlines the difficulty to present final answers. Additionally, it can be shown that the borrowing behaviour of firms of different size classes is not equivalent. This result, which holds for both France and Germany, strengthens the fact that a representative firm and a unique debt equation does not exist.


"If you have spent five years working on a project, you are grateful when the result receives a positive response. All the more so when this happens outside the academic sphere, as with the OLB Foundation Prize," says Dr. Emanuel Deutschmann. For his Phd thesis on cross-border mobility, the graduate of the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), a joint institution of Jacobs University Bremen and the University of Bremen, was awarded the special dissertation prize of the 'Oldenburgische Landesbank' AG (OLB) Foundation. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Deutschmann, who now teaches at the Institute for Sociology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, lived in South America for one year at the age of 16. "This personal experience has sparked my interest to understand how we can be mobile across national borders and what happens to us when we do so. How does mobility change our view of the world and where does it lead to from a collective point of view? The doctoral thesis gave me the opportunity to examine this question systematically," he explains.
"Mapping the Transnational World: Towards a Comparative Sociology of Regional Integration" is the title of his excellent work. In it, Deutschmann examines the global network structure of eight forms of cross-border mobility (asylum-seeking, flight, migration, tourism and student exchange) and communication (Facebook contacts, telephone conversations, remittances, transfer of money by migrants to home countries) over the period from 1960 to 2010. It shows that all these forms of transnational activity take place predominantly within and not between world regions.
The OLB Foundation of the 'Oldenburgische Landesbank' celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Its science prize honours six outstanding scientific papers with a total of 22,000 euros. On the occasion of the tenth call for tender since the year 2000, two additional special prizes totalling 10,000 euros were awarded for excellent works dealing with the challenges of digitization.


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.super Ljava/lang/Object;
.source "PhoneWindowManager.java"

# interfaces
.implements Ljava/lang/Runnable;

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingMethod;
    value = Lcom/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager;->finishPostLayoutPolicyLw()I
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x0
    name = null
.end annotation

# instance fields
.field final synthetic this$0:Lcom/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager;

# direct methods
.method constructor <init>(Lcom/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager;)V
    .locals 0
    .param p1, "this$0"    # Lcom/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager;

    .prologue
    .line 4624
    iput-object p1, p0, Lcom/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager$16;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager;

    invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V

    return-void
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    .locals 2

    .prologue
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    iget-object v0, v0, Lcom/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager;->mKeyguardDelegate:Lcom/android/server/policy/keyguard/KeyguardServiceDelegate;

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Q: How to create MongoID in android code? I am developing app with mongoDB support in android.
I want to create MongoID from java code and send it to my server.
Here is my code
I want to create this json
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59b7bcdf92e706382b00009f"),
"user_id" : "6bb82a99-bccd-4868-a799-55e7d28f969c",
"is_active" : false,
"_slugs" : [
    "aaa"
],
"facility_name" : "aaa",
"industry_id" : 1,
"old_industry_id" : 1,
"established_date" : "1994-06-01",
"summary" : "this is test",
"facility_website" : "www.xxx.com",
"contact" : {
    "_id" : ObjectId("4637gdff92jhsgd378364y"),
    "info_type" : "PROFILE_INFO",
    "name" : "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "mobileNumber" : "xxxxxxxxx",
    "email" : "xxxxxxx@gmail.com",
    "shown_on_profile" : true
}}

But I am getting this Json from my java code.
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59b7bcdf92e706382b00009f"),
"user_id" : "6bb82a99-bccd-4868-a799-55e7d28f969c",
"is_active" : false,
"_slugs" : [
    "aaa"
],
"facility_name" : "aaa",
"industry_id" : 1,
"old_industry_id" : 1,
"established_date" : "1994-06-01",
"summary" : "this is test",
"facility_website" : "www.xxx.com",
"contact" : {
    "_id" : "{}",
    "info_type" : "PROFILE_INFO",
    "name" : "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "mobileNumber" : "xxxxxxxxx",
    "email" : "xxxxxxx@gmail.com",
    "shown_on_profile" : true
}}

Problem is in "contact" object
Here is my java code
String _id = new JsonObject().toString(); // this is Gson.JsonObject() object
JSONObject contact = new JSONObject();
contact.put("_id", _id);
contact.put("info_type", "PROFILE_INFO");
contact.put("name", "User-1");
contact.put("mobileNumber", "xxxxxxxxxx");
contact.put("email", "xxxxx@gmail.com");
contact.put("shown_on_profile", true);

A: The MongoID is automatically generated by the server. What you need to do, is to send your contact without the MongoID. The server will insert the data in the database and return the MongoID of this element just created, and you can return the entire contact or just the MongoID to your Android app to use it.

A: As said by @fandro i have solved my issue.
Server gives me mongoDB data like this
{"_id":{"$id":"59b7bcdf92e706382b00009f"}}

I can access this data using this code,
Here is my android Code
ID = jsonData.getJSONObject("_id).getString("$id");

For generating new ID i have created empty JSONObject in android and passed to my server.
_id = new JSONObject().put("$id", "");

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Thinking back, not sure what exactly caught my eye. I found the lonely book on an almost empty shelf of just-about-to-shut-down (and now extinct) Borders on Broad Street, Philadelphia. Had never read anything about the book neither did the author's name – Conor Greenan – sound familiar.
Maybe it was the bright blue color of the ancient wooden door that takes the entire front cover; maybe it was the cute little boy sitting by such a monumental door, by contrast so small, with those beautiful almond-shaped eyes and a shy smile on his chubby face. Little Princes, read the title. One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal. I rushed to the cashier, passing by dozens of empty book shelves. It's always sad when a bookstore closes forever. At least from this one I had been able to rescue a book I couldn't wait to start reading, for no reason at all – I just knew it would be good. I always know when a book is going to be good.
My heart goes to the kids in those distant Asian countries, whose lives are so harsh compared with the children's in this country. Nepal is also near Tibet and that's another subject that makes my heart beat faster and angrily. Tibet, in most maps of our days, just the name of an area that belongs to China now; not a sovereign country anymore. But that's another story, maybe for another blog post one of these days.
I never met the author and all my knowledge about the not-for-profit he founded comes from what is available on the Web:www.nextgenerationnepal.org. But before I read the last page of his book I knew I wanted to try to do something to help, other than sending an occasional charitable contribution. At work, no one seemed particularly inspired by my attempts to divulge the cause though (my own fault; I probably did not try hard enough and in the right way). So I decided the least I could do was to write about it as the inaugural post in this blog. If I could get one more person interested in Conor's Little Princes, one more visitor to click the link to the Next Generation Nepal site, it would be an accomplishment (Little Princes is published by Harper Collins – www.harpercollins.com and it is also available at www.amazon.com . A portion of the proceeds from the book will go to Next Generation Nepal).
Back in 2004, Conor was just this twenty-nine-year-old guy who decided to quit his job, embarking on a full year trip around the world, starting with three months of voluntary work at an orphanage in Nepal – Little Princes Children's Home. At this point in the book, Conor started to sound slightly like Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love, but I kept turning the pages.
Ignoring the pamphlets and brochures about volunteering in Nepal which alerted to the fact the country was going through a civil war (in Conor's words, he thought whoever had written those materials was just doing what he did most of times: Exaggerating), he was ready to go.
It was funny and painfully candid the way Conor describes his own behavior before leaving for Nepal, bragging about his voluntary work initiative to women he met in bars, trying to make himself look good and caring and mature to the eyes of potential dates. Little did Conor know the upcoming months would turn him into a totally different man, a genuine American superhero to some fortunate kids in Nepal and their impoverished families. As the story develops, the only similarity between Conor and the character Julia Roberts plays in Eat, Pray, Love is that in the end Mr. Greenan does find the love of his life.
Among numerous trials and tribulations, real and life-threatening, and heartfelt passages about Conor's work with the children (assisted by remarkable friends, some voluntary workers like him), it is revealed the tragic story of the so called orphans. As Conor would find out, hundreds if not thousands of kids had been brought to Katmandu, Nepal's capital, by child traffickers.
In exchange for the safety of their sons and daughters, families in remote villages and farm land would sell everything they possessed, anxious to protect their children from abduction by the Maoist militia who often forced young kids to join the rebel army against Nepal's royal government. For huge fees and under the promise of taking them to safety, traffickers would then just abandon the kids, mostly boys and some as young as three or four years old, far from their homes, on the streets of convoluted Katmandu.
Injured and facing the dangers of a civil war (1996-2006) through the mountains of Nepal, Conor perseveres in his commitment to reunite the children he came to love (and the reader will too, if not by the description of how brave, resilient and docile the kids are, then through the several color photos in the book – little faces smiling to the camera) and their families. By the way, Conor writes very well and in addition to the abundant color pictures, Little Princes is neatly done, with a handsome hard cover, good quality paper and excellent printing– a real pleasure to handle.
Livia, I really want to read this book. It sounds so inspiring. I am going to order it and read it as soon as I can. Thanks for that great write up. In fact, I think you would make a great writer. Your reviews was excellent.
Thank you, Mary! I think I just posted your comment to the blog. This is one of my favorite books ever. It proves than real life can be much more inspiring than any fiction work..


What would Halloween without chocolate? Perhaps you've heard that dogs and cats can't metabolize chocolate and it's a poisonous threat to them. If your pet shows signs of an increased heart rate, begins vomiting, has diarrhea or seems lethargic, they may have consumed chocolate and need to receive immediate veterinary care.
All of the sugar in Halloween candy can lead to pancreatitis in pets. This condition causes painful inflammation of the pancreas, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea and lethargy.
Just like the sweet treats inside of them, candy wrappers can be incredibly dangerous for pets.Candy bags can create a seal that cut any curious cats off from oxygen. Once they get their head stuck, the pet will panic and the act could cause them to suffocate.
When ingested, foil and plastic candy wrappers lead to severe digestion problems and can inhibit your pet's bowel movements. If your pet ingests candy wrappers, you'll need to make a visit to the vet to have them removed.
If you are distributing sweets to your neighborhood's trick-or-treators, you door is probably going to be opening and closing quite a bit. The doorbell constantly ringing and strangers showing their spooky faces on your porch can put a lot stress on your pet. It doesn't only create opportunities for your dog or cat to run into the night, but the door itself can be a serious hazard – pinching a tail or a getting a paw caught in the door. Consider keeping your pet separated from the Halloween action and avoid the boo-boos.
Pets see glow sticks and jewelry as chew toys, but if these items are ingested, they can cause stomach issues and mouth irritation. Symptoms to look for include excessive drooling, vomiting and foaming at the mouth.
While raisins are a healthier alternative to candy for us, they pose a serious health risk to dogs and cats. Raisin ingestion can lead to kidney failure, so it's important to keep raisins out of your pet's reach. If you suspect your pet has eaten raisins, look for the following symptoms: vomiting, loss of appetite, lethargy, constipation, increased thirst and blood in urine. If your pet displays these symptoms, he or she will need immediate veterinary care.
Pet costumes aren't necessarily bad, but you should be cautious if you plan to dress up your fur-baby. Costumes can obstruct your pet's hearing, vision and range of motion as well as lead to overheating. Keep a close watch on your pet if you intend to dress them in a costume.
Keep your pets safe this Halloween by making sure all non-pet treats are out of reach and stored in appropriate containers. Additionally, keep all Halloween décor out of your pet's reach.
If your four-legged friend happens to get into something he or she shouldn't, or if you suspect poisoning, please do not hesitate to contact Creekside Pet Care Center for help at any time. We are open 24/7—every day, weekend and holiday!


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Q: CountdownLatch countDown method behavior after completion of task Suppose i have a countdown latch of size 3 i.e. 3 threads are spawned off from parent thread.
CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(3);

latch.await().

Now there will be three threads which will be calling countDown after their respective task completion.
// do something
 latch.countDown();

My question is that the moment task gets completed whats the behavior of thread that was executing that task.
Does that thread gets terminated right at that moment, or waits for sometime by going into idle state. ?
I could find it anywhere on java doc of countdown latch.

A: It depends upon the code in the child threads. If there is more computation to do after the CountDownLatch it will then continue with the computation. If not, the the thread will termninate.

A: You are focusing too much on the typical example of having N subordinate threads signal to a master thread.
This CountDownLatch thing is just a class that allows code to block until some external agents count down the latch to 0. Period.
These agents can be N different threads as in your example, or it can be a single thread counting down multiple times. Therefore you should stop viewing those agents as threads. The latch doesn't know them and doesn't care if instead of completing they go have a beer at the pub after counting down. It is not a Thread Manager and it doesn't monitor the lifecycle of any thread.


Malaysia, 26th June 2014 – BCM Institute and Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) ERM Working Group, successfully co-organized Meet-The-Expert (MTE) Malaysia 2014 seminar, themed "Crisis Management Perspective for Insurance Industry" at Malaysian Reinsurance Berhad Auditorium, Kuala Lumpur.
The main topic discussed was specifically in the area of Crisis Management. Crisis Management (or CM) is defined in www.bcmpedia.org as "the overall coordination of an organization's response to a crisis, in an effective, timely manner, with the goal of avoiding or minimizing damage to the organization's profitability, reputation, or ability to operate normally." From an organization's point of view, how can an organization recover from a crisis? How can an organization response to unexpected events or situations with potentially negative effects? These important issues were examined and discussed extensively during the seminar.
Mr. Richard Tan, PIAM's Convenor, Finance and Corporate Governance of ERM Sub-Committee, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of UniAsia General Insurance Malaysia, inaugurate the session. David Tan shared his views by providing a few of the recent crisis happened in Malaysia. His aim was to reiterate on the similarity on Crisis Management and Risk Management. He emphasized that they are both integrated but they are not apparently associated.
Panel Speakers of the day Mr. Murugan M, Assistant Vice President of GMH Asia Pte Ltd and Encik Mohamad Radzuan Mohamed, Senior Vice President & Group Chief Risk Management & Compliance Officer of MNRB Holdings Berhad share the different aspects of Crisis Management. Murugan shared what constitute a crisis management framework and the planning methodologies such as an overview on how a crisis management program is setup, concepts and good practices of crisis management, and how to develop competency with the needs of training.
The second speaker for the day, Encik Radzuan stressed on the practical aspects from MNRB's organizational point of view in Crisis Management. In order to ameliorate audience's understanding, he shared with the audience a sample video from BP Headquarters about the incident of a poor management skill in handling a crisis which then turned into a disaster. This sharing of video demonstrates how a large organization with a poorly organized crisis management process can leave a significant reputational impact in real-world situations.
PIAM ERM Workgroup, MNRB Holdings Bhd and BCM Institute would like to thank all the participants from the insurance industry for this valuable collaboration and contributions to the success of Meet-the-Expert seminar Malaysia 2014.


When Sarah Esche-Lange gave birth to twins Madison Josephine (5 lbs., 5 oz.) and Dylan Jeremiah (5 lbs., 2 oz.) it wasn't only Sarah and her husband Erik who celebrated. The birth marked the 2,000th set of multiples successfully born at Edward Hospital since 1996.
The success rate is in no small part due to the excellence of the Naperville hospital's newborn intensive care unit (NICU), which is designated by the state as a level 3 facility, capable of caring for very small or very sick newborn babies at the highest level.
Dr. Robert Covert, medical director of NICU and Edward Hospital and DuPage Neonatology Associates' neonatologist, says women carrying multiple babies are more likely to have problematic pregnancies and deliver preterm; these babies can face myriad problems due to underdevelopment.
Edward Hospital works closely with DuPage Doubles, a support group for parents of multiple births. Past club president Heather McNeice will always be grateful to the hospital.
Since 1996, Edward Hospital has delivered 1,931 sets of twins, 64 sets of triplets, four sets of quadruplets, and one set of quintuplets. The 2,000th set of multiples was calculated from the time the partnership between Edward Hospital and DuPage Neonatology Associates began. Fifty-four sets of twins and one set of triplets were born this year at Edward Hospital.


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Wesley Merritt
General June 16, 1836 — December 3, 1910
In 1862, Merritt was appointed captain in the 2nd Cavalry and served as an aide-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, who commanded the Cavalry Department of the Army of the Potomac. He served in the defenses of Washington, D.C., for the rest of 1862. In 1863, he was appointed adjutant for Maj. Gen. George Stoneman and participated in Stoneman's Raid in the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
In the Gettysburg Campaign, Merritt commanded the Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. He was slightly wounded in the Battle of Brandy Station; soon after (June 29, 1863), he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers for his "gallant and meritorious service" at Brandy Station and Upperville. Being promoted directly from captain to brigadier general was an unusual step, even for the Civil War, but Merritt shared this honor on that date with Captain Elon J. Farnsworth and Captain George Armstrong Custer.
In the initial cavalry actions of the Battle of Gettysburg, Merritt saw no action; his reserve brigade guarded the lines of communications of the Army of the Potomac. On July 3, 1863, however, he participated in the assault ordered by division commander Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick on the Confederate right flank, following Pickett's Charge. His fellow general, Elon J. Farnsworth, was killed during this futile assault against infantry troops. Merritt took over command of the 1st Division of the Cavalry Corps following the death by typhoid fever of its commander, John Buford, in December 1863. Brig. Gen. Alfred Torbert was the initial commander of the 1st Division but was gone for most of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864, so Merritt acted as commander in his place. He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his actions at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, the engagement in which Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was killed.
During Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns of 1864, Merritt commanded the 1st Division, Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Shenandoah. Arriving at the opportune moment, his division routed the Confederate forces at the Third Battle of Winchester, a deed for which he received a brevet promotion to major general. He was second-in-command to Sheridan during the Appomattox Campaign and was one of several commissioners for the surrender at Appomattox Court House. He was brevetted major general in the regular army, in April 1865, for bravery at the Battle of Five Forks and the Appomattox Campaign.
In June 1865, Merritt was appointed command of Cavalry Forces of the Military Division of the Southwest, commanded by Sheridan. He led the 1st Division of Cavalry to march from Shreveport, Louisiana, to San Antonio, Texas, as part of the Union occupation forces on an arduous 33-day 600-mile march between July 9 and August 11, 1865. On January 28, 1866, Merritt was one of a number of brevetted generals mustered out of volunteer service and returned to their pre-war ranks in the regular army.
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As part of a package of gun control legislation passed last year after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, state lawmakers included a so-called "red flag law." It allows police officers to ask a judge for permission to temporarily take guns from someone they believe poses a threat to themselves or others.
The new "red flag" (also called a "risk protection order") law differs what some other states have passed because it doesn't allow family members to be the ones who petition a judge about someone they believe poses a threat to themselves or others.
Some Democratic lawmakers want to change that. They've introduced a bill for the 2019 legislative session that would allow family members to petition the court.
The bill would also require counties to report how many risk protection orders are issued or denied every year. And it would require that, once a judge issues a risk protection order, anyone in the household stores firearms safely.
Berman said she had heard that Broward County has filed 400 risk protection orders since July, but because there aren't accurate statistics being collected, no one knows for certain how many judges have issued.
Thirteen states have similar laws, with half of those passed after the South Florida school shooting tragedy last year.
An academic study on the effect of "red flag" laws in Indiana and Connecticut between 1981-2015 showed the number of gun suicides went down in both states.
"It's time that families have more protections than guns or gun owners," Tampa Democratic state Senator Janet Cruz said.
Berman said that the Republican leadership in the state Legislature opposed including families in the law that passed last year, but she expressed optimism that it will have more political support this year.
The bill is being sponsored by Weston Democrat Richard Starke in the House.
Makes sense to me. Why are we protecting guns instead of our children?


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Eco scheme rates mobile phones for sustainability
By The Engineer	 25th August 2010 4:21 pm 16th December 2015 6:43 am
Working with O2, independent, non-profit organisation Forum for the Future has developed the UK's first sustainable rating scheme for mobile phones.
The Eco rating scores handsets out of five according to their environmental impact, how they help people lead more sustainable lives and the ethical performance of the manufacturer.
The scheme is designed to help customers take sustainability into account when choosing a new mobile, to encourage healthy competition between handset manufacturers to drive up standards and to help the industry understand the role it can play in creating a sustainable future.
'We know that sustainability is important for many of our customers and for the first time they will have the whole picture from which to make a full and balanced purchasing decision,' said Ronan Dunne, O2's UK chief executive.
The Eco rating system looks at the overall impact of a device over its lifespan and consists of a product assessment and a corporate assessment. The scheme examines the raw materials the handset contains, the impacts caused by its manufacture, its packaging, its longevity and how easy it is to reuse or recycle.
The product assessment includes the functionality of handsets and rewards phones that help people to lead more sustainable lives – for example by replacing the need to own a separate camera or music player or by providing software to plan journeys by public transport or on foot.
The corporate assessment takes into account the sustainability performance of manufacturers, including labour standards in the supply chain, safety and environmental principles, social inclusion and community programmes and carbon and water management.
To develop the Eco rating methodology, Forum for the Future held confidential discussions with mobile phone manufacturers HTC, LG, Nokia, Palm, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.
The Eco rating methodology will continue to develop because, as new handsets with new functions come to market, the sustainability issues the industry faces will change.
O2 is setting up a forum to examine how to improve the methodology, which is likely to include representatives of the handset manufacturers, consumers, non-government organisations (NGOs) and network operators. O2 anticipates having the first stakeholder forum at the beginning of 2011.
In the meantime, customers on the look-out for a new phone will see a rainbow label in stores indicating the sustainability rating of all phones participating in the scheme – more than 90 per cent of those stocked by O2.
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Decisions such as this were not taken lightly, as this list provides a fascinating historical context for the routes you have done or aspire to. However, as guidebooks hold ever more information, and as topos become bigger and more useful, and as the demand for high-quality action shots grows, then something has to be done to stop the book that you carry to the crag or up the route from becoming overly large.
BUY: The Lancashire Rock guidebook from the BMC shop.
Hence the online First Ascents List. As it stands, this first ascent list has run to 62 pages, which would have significantly increased the bulk of the book in your back pocket. It is also hoped that this can allow first ascent information, a notoriously changeable series of "facts", to be more dynamic and updatable as new information comes along.
DOWNLOAD: The first ascent list here.


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Jai Alai, a game native to the Basque region of Spain, is played on a court called a fronton. Jai Alai players attempt to catch a ball using a curved mitt whilst the ball travels at speeds up to 188 mph! Proving they have a sense of humor the Spanish dubbed this game, with its ball traveling at race car speeds, "the merry game." Tampa was once home to a bustling Jai Alai fronton but sadly all that remains of Jai Alai in the Tampa Bay area is this India Pale Ale that we brew in tribute to the merry game. The India Pale Ale style of beer has its roots in the ales sent from England to thirsty British troops in India during the 18th century. Pair Jai Alai India Pale Ale with beef empanadas, deviled crabs and other spicy dishes.
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The Civilian Component of the Eastern Africa Standby Force launched a three-day Civilian Roster verification exercise in the Djibouti on 4th September 2018. The exercise aims at verifying the deployment suitability of civilian personnel from the Republic of Djibouti who have been trained for Peace Support Operations (PSO).
The verification exercise was opened by Mr. Guelleh Idriss Omar, who is the Director of Multilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Relations in presence of the EASF Director, Dr. Abdillahi Omar Bouh.
The exercise will see a number of PSO Trained Civilians from Djibouti being evaluated in accordance with the African Union's rostering principles. A substantive number of those interviewed will join the African Standby Capacity; this marks yet another milestone which consolidates EASF's leading role in providing the Continental Standby Force with highly trained personnel ready and willing to roll out their acquired skills in peace keeping activities.
Accompanying the EASF Director are the Human Resource Officer, Colonel Viator Niyonyabo, the Head of Civilian Component, Mr Steve Lalande, Coordination and Rostering Officer, Mr. Agustine Mukomeza, Training and Evaluation Officer Mr. Ali Madi Mourdi and the Component's Administrative Assistant, Ms Fridah Mungania.


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    ScriptPromise startWrapper(ScriptState*, ScriptValue stream);
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    virtual ScriptPromise pull(ScriptState*);

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    void notifyLockAcquired();
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The shares and percentages of wealth distribution between the heirs is based on clear formulas. There are so many combinations of families that each cannot be stated. However some primary principles are that the sons get double the share of the daughters hence the ratio of inheritance is 2:1. The wife gets 1/8th share from her husband's estate.


Mayflex to Distribute Iluminar IR and white light illuminators.
May 2012 sees the commencement of a new agreement between Mayflex, the distributor of converged IP solutions, and Iluminar, the specialist manufacturer and supplier of IR and white light illuminators.
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"Miss Sharon Jones!" will be released on July 29 in New York with an expansion to follow.
The powerful documentary "Miss Sharon Jones!" follows the iconic soul singer and leader of The Dap-Kings in the hardest year of her life as she battles a cancer diagnosis and struggles to maintain her band. Exemplifying the gritty majesty of cinema-vérité, filmmaker Barbara Kopple follows Jones over an uncertain year and intimately paints her as a necessary presence in the music scene, an R&B queen that doesn't know the meaning of "quit." Check out an exclusive poster from the film below.
For years, Sharon Jones struggles to make it as a singer, but since she was never offered a recording contract, she spent many years working as a corrections officer at Rikers Island and as an armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank. Finally in 1996, she appeared on a session backing soul legend Lee Fields. Soon, she started recording singles and covers on her own, and in 2002, she formed Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings and released their first album on the Daptones record label. She has since released six albums on the label.
Director Barbara Kopple has garnered widespread critical acclaim for her documentaries. She won two Best Documentary Oscars for her 1976 film "Harlan County, USA," about a miners strike against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Kentucky, and her 1991 film "American Dream," about an unsuccessful strike in Austin, Minnesota against the Hormel Foods corporation.
"Miss Sharon Jones!" will be released by Starz Digital on July 29 in New York and will expand nationally in the following weeks.